FRANCE-SHOOTING/CAZENEUVE 12 arrested in French shooting investigation, interior minister says
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FRANCE-SHOOTING/CAZENEUVE 12 arrested in French shooting investigation, interior minister says
- Title: FRANCE-SHOOTING/CAZENEUVE 12 arrested in French shooting investigation, interior minister says
- Date: 16th January 2015
- Summary: PARIS, FRANCE (JANUARY 16, 2015) (REUTERS) COURTYARD OF FRENCH INTERIOR MINISTRY CAMERA FILMING FRENCH INTERIOR MINISTER BERNARD CAZENEUVE WALKING TO PODIUM JOURNALISTS (SOUNDBITE) (French) FRENCH INTERIOR MINISTER BERNARD CAZENEUVE SAYING: "Ladies and gentlemen, in the framework of the investigation on the terrorist attack in France last week, notably by Amedy Coulibaly but also by Cherif and Said Kouachi, the investigators of the French national judicial police (DCPJ) of Paris, assisted by the Intervention Force of the national police (FIPN), proceeded very early this morning (to make) a series of arrests in the Paris suburbs, in the Essone, Hauts-de-Seine, Seine Saint Denis, under the direction of the Anti-terrorist section of the prosecutor's office. In total, 12 people were placed in custody, most are known by the police services for petty crimes." JOURNALISTS CAZENEUVE GOING BACK INSIDE INTERIOR MINISTRY
- Embargoed: 31st January 2015 12:00
- Keywords:
- Location: France
- Country: France
- Topics: General
- Reuters ID: LVA9Z7HQTK43LBBC56Z0TM3UOM8U
- Story Text: Police arrested a dozen people suspected of helping the Islamist militant gunmen in last week's Paris killings, French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said on Friday (January 16).
The arrests came after Belgian police killed two men who fired on them during one of about a dozen raids on Thursday against an Islamist group and German police said they had arrested two people following a raid on 11 properties linked to radical Salafists.
Centred on southern Paris suburbs including the Montrouge area where a young policewoman was killed in the attacks, the arrests were for suspected "logistical support" for the shootings, an official said.
"In total, 12 people were placed in custody, most are known by the police services for petty crimes," Cazeneuve told reporters at the Interior Ministry.
Seventeen victims and the three attackers died in three days of violence in Paris last week that began with an assault on the offices of satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo.
Paris's Gare de l'Est train station was evacuated at 8:00 a.m. local time (0700 GMT) on Friday (January 16) after an alert but reopened about an hour later, the SNCF state railway said, without giving further details.
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry was in Paris on Friday to pay his respects at the sites of last week's attacks - a kosher supermarket and the Charlie Hebdo offices. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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